Marker



May 27., 1924n 1,495,853

E. LANE MARKER Filed Deo. 19, 1923 7a/zw?? awe @Hernan Patented May 27, 1924.

UNITED STATI-,3s

' l I 1,495,853 PAT-ENT OFFICE.;

EDWIN LANE, oF NEW YORK, N. Y., AssIeNoR rro oARo-LYN LAUNDRY, yoENEw YORK,

N. Y., A CORPORATION or NEW YORK. r

MARKER.

Application led December 19, 1923. Serial No. 681,637.

prior and subsequent to launder and dryy cleaning operations. The present invention particularly relates to a further development or an improvement of the marker structures disclosed by my copending applications executed and iiled of even date herewith. The primary object of the present improvement is to provide a marker of the class specified of a ,very simple form and having means for detachably engaging a portion of an article or piece to be cleaned with positiveness andreliability and without injury to the said article or piece during launder or cleaning operations, and to embody as a part of the complement thereof a sliding member for effecting a closure of the means for engaging a portion of the article or piece to lprevent accidental de tachment of the latter during strenuous launderor cleaning operations and requiring a manual adjustment of the said sliding member to eiiect a detachment of the article or piece to which the marker may be applied. A further object of the invention is to provide a marker having normally open cla-mp` ing or engaging means for application to an article or piece to be laundered or cleaned and a device carried as a part of themarker to close the said clamping means with a tight biting action relative to the article or piece Vplaced in engagement therewith and incidentally to embody as a part' of the marker a. lock to prevent the clamping means from accidentally loosening or re leasingtheir grip relatively to the portionv of the article o-r piece applied thereto. With these and other objects and advantages in view, the invention consists in the construction and arrangement of -the improved marker inv its preferred and modilied forms hereinafter more fully` described and claimed. In the drawing v Fig. l is a perspective view of a marker embodying the improved features of the invention and shown applied and lockedv to aportion of an article or piece adapted 'to be laundered or dry cleaned.

Fig. 2 is a central longitudinalvertical section of the marker.

Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the improved marker.

Fig. 4 is a detail perspective viewlof a" modified form of the marker.

Fig. 5 is a longitudinal vertical section of the marker shown by Fig. 4f taken'to 'one side of the center thereof. -v j Asshown by Figs. 1, 2- and, the improved marker embodying the present fea; tures of invention consists of a doubled strip 5 of suitable non-corrosive' metal,`su`ch as brass or phosphor-bronze, which` is 'intermediately bent to form jaws 6 and7, the bent extremity of the marker being of greater width'fthan the jaws 6 and 7Ito form a bend 8 having thereon an identifying character 9. The'j aw 6,=for instance, adjacent to' its free-end has a plurality of indentations 10 and in `opposition to these indentations the jaw 7 is formed with a plurality of openings 11 to-receive the inward maximum projecting portions of said indentations, the indentations l0 and the openings ll forminv interacting retention means which 'exten transversely of the twojaws j to engage a portion ofv an article or piece "therebetween and whereby said articleor piece will be-f come firmly attached between the jaws and be prevented from loosening or1 accidentally disengaging itself during launder or clean-1 ing operations. The jaw 7 `is longer than the jaw 6 to facilitate applicationA ofthe free ends :of the jaws to anv article or piece to-be laundered or cleaned, and in the projecting portion of the jaw 7.a slot "1 2isformed and which serves as a hanging'means to engage a hook,nail 'or other device ona' wall-'or rack during'certain temporary. op-k erations pursued in laundering and clean# ing a piece or article, and whereby*y alsof pieces or articles may be disposed in con-v venientv position and Yrenderedv readily? ac-f cessible for subsequent assortment into groups of pieces orrarticles having the same ownership. The jaw-6l is formed 'with a spring locking tongue 13 lwhich normally projects outwardly from" the jaw' ata suitable distance in rear of the indentations l0 and embracing the .two jaws 6 and 7 is a slide' ltwhich is movable' from a point in rear of the locking tongue or means 13 or between the latter and the head 8 forwardly over the said` tongue to maintain the jaws in closed position and against accidental opening movement; The locking tongue vor means 13 as shown is of triangular form with the point or apex extremity thereof positioned centrally and directed towards the indentations 10, and when the-slide 14 is moved over said tongue the pointed end springs up in engagement with the rear edge of the slide, as shown by Fig. 1. When it is desired to release the jaws. the operator presses the tongue 13 inwardly so that the slide 14 may be moved rearwardly there- As shown by Fig. 2 one member of the head 8 has an indentation 15 projecting inwardlyrand engaging the opposite member of the head as a supporting resisting means to 'prevent the two members ofV the head from being crushed or forced together a closer distance than that predetermined in the first construction of the im- It is'also preferred that a partV of'the indentations and the corresponding openings 11 be made larger than the remaining Vportion thereof as vclearly shown Y by Fig. 3, this 'same structure being em- Y indentations and Vopenings is` toggive a stronger' bite and greater holding'eect on the portion of the article or pieceplaced between the aws, particularly aheavy article, and thereby setup just as eective securement of the article or piece of a heavy character to the marker'as will ensue-byv engagement of thefmarker with a light piece or article such vas a handkerchief.

Figs. 4 and' illustrate a modification of the/,preceding structure and in this instance a single strip 16 of metal is yprovided and has at one end a headV 17 bearing an identifying `character 18, the main portion of this modified markerbeing in the form of an elongated shank 19 which is narrower than -thehead 17 and has at the free end Vthereof a slot 20 for hanging purposesv as explained in connection with the slot 12 ofthe form irst'described. The shank 19 has a spring Ylocking tongue 21 formed `centrally therein I thereofand-struck upwardly sok that they 60' are normally open, the respective jaws havingangular clamping heads 2,5and 26 connectedto their shanksby angular-.bends 27 to give Vthe Aheads a maximum depression relatively to the openings 28 and29formed in the shank. The jaw 23 with its headf25 the appended claims.

isl larger or has greater `dimensions than the jaw 24 Vand head 26, and the opening 28 is also correspondingly increased in size, the object of this difference in dimensions of the two jaws being the same asVV that described in connection with the varying dimensions of the indentations 10 and openings 11, or so that relatively heavy articles lmay be firmly attached `to the marker withof accidental disengagement out liability therefrom. The slide 22 performs the addi.

tional function in the present instance `of compressing the jaws 23 and 24 and their respectiveheads 25 and 26. When a portion of a piece or article is inserted between theheads 25 and 26, and the adjacent .portions of the jaws 23 and 24, the slide 22ispushedV forwardly over the shank 19 past the tongue Y and lirmly lock the portion of the articleor.

sa' Y' piece engaged thereby Vto the marker.' This modified form of the marker may be readily released by depressing Vthe tongue21andv moving the slide 22 backwardly to release the jaws 23 and`24.

In the present improved forni of theY marker the Vtwo jaws forming the/essential attaching components are normally open, there being two jaws controlled by the Vslide 14 in the form of the-device shown by Figs.

1, 2 and 3, and two jaws controlled by the K A slide 22 in the form of thed'evice shown by Figs. 4 and 5, and in `both forms of the deobvious that less material willibe Lrequired in makingthe .form of marker shown by Figs. 4 and 5 than inV constructing the marker shown by Figs. 1, ,2.and 3 vwith a corresponding reduction in the cost offmanufacture.

The improved marker'in 'its two Aforms hereinbefore described may be modified in its proportions, dimensions andV minor details of construction'without 'departing from the spirit of the invention or the'scope of VWhat is claimed as'new is 1. A reusable metal laundrymarker consisting cfa strip of resilientfmetalhaving Vjaws provided with Vangularly disposed fabric impenctrating projections, theflprojections being positioned relatively to openings to receive-them and the fabric engaged by the projections, a part ofthe impene-V trating projections and openings being of less dimensions than the'remaining ,part` thereof to give a stronger bite and greater holding effect on the fabricr engaged bythe projections, and means sli'iftably carried by the marker for temporarily forcing'the projections into the openings and also operable to release said projections from the openings.

2. A reusable metal laundry marker consisting of a strip of resilient metal having jaws provided with angularly disposed fabric impenetrating projections, the projections being positioned relatively to openings to receive them and the fabric engaged by the projections, the impenetrating projections and openings being of different dimensions to give a stronger bite and greater holding effect on the fabric engaged by the projections, the marker also having an outwardly projecting resilient locking device in rear of the projections, said resilient locking device being manually depressible, and shiftable means carried by the marker for temporarily :forcing and holding the prof jections in the openings and movable over and engageable by said locking device, the shiftable means also being operable to release said projections from the openings.

3. A reusable marker of the class speciiied, consisting of a doubled flat strip of spring metal to provide permanently opposed flat spring jaws which are normally open, the jaws extending from rear flat body portions of the marker having means in advance of the bend of strip for preventing complete closure of one portion relatively to the other and also provided with an identifying character, the jaws being respectively formed with fabric impenetrating projections and relatively positioned openings to receive the projections, the openings and projections being all located in advance of the body portions of the marker and in rear of the free ends and also between the opposing sides of the jaws, the projections and openings therefor being in groups of different sizes, and

shiftin'g means embracing the body portionsV and movable over the jaws for temporarily forcing the projections into the openings and to hold the jaws closed, the shifting means also being operable to release the projections from the openings. v

4. A reusable marker of the class specified consisting of a doubled strip of flat spring metal to provide a permanently shaped body having smooth flat members extending forwardly from the bend, the flat members hav y ing spring jaws continuing therefrom and adapted to be closed, the flat body members beingheld in spaced relation when the jaws are closed, the one jaw having inwardly and rearwardly extending blunt projections and the other jaw having relatively vpositioned openings to receive the said projections, the projections and openings of the two jaws being arranged in rows and the respective rows of different sizes and all located in advance of the flat body members and also inwardly a distance from the free ends of the jaws and between the opposite side edges of the jaws, and shifting means on the jaws and flat body members for temporarily forcing the projections into the openings and also operable to release said projections from the openings.

5. A reusable marker of the class specified consisting of a doubled strip of flat spring metal to provide a permanently shaped body having smooth fiat members extending forwardly from the bend, the flat members having flat spring jaws continuing therefrom and adapted to be closed, the flat body members being held in spaced relation when the jaws are closed, the oneJ jaw having inwardly and rearwardly extending blunt projections and the other jaw having relatively positioned openings to receive the said projections, the projections and openings of the two jaws being all located in advance of the iiat body members and also inwardly a dis-A tance from the free ends of the aws and between the opposite side edges of the jaws and having a transverse row arrangement, the one body member in rear of the projections and openings`of the jaws having a resilient locking device normally standing outwardly therefrom and manually depressible into the body member, and means longitudinally shiftable over the body members andthe jaws and the said locking device which en gages the rear edge of said shiftable means to retain the jaws closed and force the projections into the openings, the locking device being operable to release the said latter',

means and free the projections from the 'Y openings.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand. f-

EDWIN LANE. 

